Raphael Ramos – Lifeboat News: The Blog https://lifeboat.com/blog Safeguarding Humanity Thu, 04 Apr 2024 05:22:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 AI can take over key management roles in scientific research, shows study https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/ai-can-take-over-key-management-roles-in-scientific-research-shows-study https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/ai-can-take-over-key-management-roles-in-scientific-research-shows-study#respond Thu, 04 Apr 2024 05:22:26 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/ai-can-take-over-key-management-roles-in-scientific-research-shows-study

AI can replace management roles in scientific research.

New research from ESMT Berlin shows how AI can manage human participants in large-scale research projects, taking over functions such as task allocation, coordination, and motivation.

]]> https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/ai-can-take-over-key-management-roles-in-scientific-research-shows-study/feed 0 The Power of Vitamin D: From Osteoporosis to Cancer https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/the-power-of-vitamin-d-from-osteoporosis-to-cancer https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/the-power-of-vitamin-d-from-osteoporosis-to-cancer#respond Mon, 01 Apr 2024 09:23:54 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/the-power-of-vitamin-d-from-osteoporosis-to-cancer

Japanese researchers have uncovered the mechanism behind vitamin D’s bone-strengthening effects. Its potential impact on cancer is also becoming apparent. We explore the power of Vitamin D.

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OpenAI on Friday revealed a voice-cloning tool it plans to keep tightly controlled until safeguards are in place to thwart audio fakes meant to dupe listeners.

A model called “Voice Engine” can essentially duplicate someone’s speech based on a 15-second audio sample, according to an OpenAI blog post sharing results of a small-scale test of the tool.

“We recognize that generating speech that resembles people’s voices has serious risks, which are especially top of mind in an election year,” the San Francisco-based company said.

]]> https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/04/openai-unveils-voice-cloning-tool/feed 0 PS5 owners lose access to hundreds of games as digital purchases wiped from their accounts https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/ps5-owners-lose-access-to-hundreds-of-games-as-digital-purchases-wiped-from-their-accounts https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/ps5-owners-lose-access-to-hundreds-of-games-as-digital-purchases-wiped-from-their-accounts#respond Sat, 30 Mar 2024 11:28:56 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/ps5-owners-lose-access-to-hundreds-of-games-as-digital-purchases-wiped-from-their-accounts

Problems with the future of gaming.

A strange bug is removing people’s games on PlayStation 4 and 5, and Vita, and Sony doesn’t have a fix.

It wasn’t long ago that PlayStation sparked fan outrage when it said it would remove Discovery video content from people’s libraries, even though they had paid for it.

PlayStation later backtracked, but a similar, unintentional, issue has now come up: a random bug that’s wiping digital games from people’s libraries.

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A hot potato: A lot of companies try to assuage fears that employees will lose their jobs to AI by assuring them they’ll be working alongside the tech, thereby improving efficiency and making their duties less tedious. That claim feels less convincing in light of a new survey that found 41% of managers said they are hoping to replace workers with cheaper AI tools in 2024.

A report by Beautiful.ai, which makes AI-powered presentation software, surveyed over 3,000 managers about AI tools in the workplace, how they’re being implemented, and what impact they believe these technologies will have.

The headline takeaway is that 41% of managers said they are hoping that they can replace employees with cheaper AI tools in 2024. This backs up previous reports that looked at potential jobs losses caused by generative AI, including one from September that predicted the technology would replace over 2 million US jobs by 2030. An earlier study claimed that generative AI could affect 300 million jobs globally.

]]> https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/survey-reveals-almost-half-of-all-managers-aim-to-replace-workers-with-ai-could-use-it-to-lower-wages/feed 0 FCC takes aim at retailers selling signal jammers https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/fcc-takes-aim-at-retailers-selling-signal-jammers https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/fcc-takes-aim-at-retailers-selling-signal-jammers#respond Sun, 24 Mar 2024 05:25:30 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/fcc-takes-aim-at-retailers-selling-signal-jammers

FCC cracks down on retailers like Amazon allegedly selling illegal signal jammers. Investigations are underway.

Uh-oh, Amazon. Looks like the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is not playing around when it comes to selling illegal signal jammers. The agency just went public with an investigation into Amazon and other major retailers for allegedly pushing these dodgy devices that can block your cell signal, GPS, and more.

Typically advertised as “drone deterrents” or “privacy tools”, these nefarious gadgets are specifically designed to block radio frequencies. This has serious ramifications, cutting off cellular devices and GPS units and impacting emergency communication channels.

]]> https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/fcc-takes-aim-at-retailers-selling-signal-jammers/feed 0 ANYmal parkour: Learning agile navigation for quadrupedal robots https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/anymal-parkour-learning-agile-navigation-for-quadrupedal-robots https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/anymal-parkour-learning-agile-navigation-for-quadrupedal-robots#respond Mon, 18 Mar 2024 17:26:02 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/anymal-parkour-learning-agile-navigation-for-quadrupedal-robots

An updated learning method—centered around walking, crouching, climbing, and jumping—could one day help the ANYmal robot vault over and crawl under physical hurdles during search and rescue missions.

]]> https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/anymal-parkour-learning-agile-navigation-for-quadrupedal-robots/feed 0 An AI worm has been developed to burrow its way into generative AI ecosystems, revealing sensitive data as it spreads https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/an-ai-worm-has-been-developed-to-burrow-its-way-into-generative-ai-ecosystems-revealing-sensitive-data-as-it-spreads https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/an-ai-worm-has-been-developed-to-burrow-its-way-into-generative-ai-ecosystems-revealing-sensitive-data-as-it-spreads#respond Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:23:05 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/an-ai-worm-has-been-developed-to-burrow-its-way-into-generative-ai-ecosystems-revealing-sensitive-data-as-it-spreads

It’s enough to give you the tremors. Oh go on, I had to.

]]> https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/03/an-ai-worm-has-been-developed-to-burrow-its-way-into-generative-ai-ecosystems-revealing-sensitive-data-as-it-spreads/feed 0 UK’s “DragonFire” laser weapon downs its first drones https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/02/uks-dragonfire-laser-weapon-downs-its-first-drones https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/02/uks-dragonfire-laser-weapon-downs-its-first-drones#respond Tue, 20 Feb 2024 01:28:12 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/02/uks-dragonfire-laser-weapon-downs-its-first-drones

The UK’s high-powered DragonFire laser weapon just shot down its first drones — bringing it one step closer to the battlefield.

]]> https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/02/uks-dragonfire-laser-weapon-downs-its-first-drones/feed 0 The headset wars: Why it’s Apple’s to lose https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/01/the-headset-wars-why-its-apples-to-lose https://spanish.lifeboat.com/blog/2024/01/the-headset-wars-why-its-apples-to-lose#respond Sat, 27 Jan 2024 14:27:37 +0000 https://lifeboat.com/blog/2024/01/the-headset-wars-why-its-apples-to-lose

Two tech titans are now duking it out in the headset wars. Apple’s Vision Pro and Meta’s Quests offer different price points, different specs, and most importantly, different visions of the future of virtual reality. And both have big hurdles to clear. This week on TechCheck, why the headset battle is Apple’s to lose.

Chapters:
0:00 – Who will win the headset wars?
0:42 – The case for Apple.
5:35 – The case for Meta.
7:56 – The case for both… or neither.

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